Henry R. Hertzfeld, George Washington University, will discuss “Who Owns the Moon?” Tuesday, Feb. 5, noon-1:30 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union Building Luminaria Room. Hertzfeld is a research professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He is an economist and an attorney who has specialized in research and teaching on legal and economic issues of space and high technology industries.
Photo: Henry R. Hertzfeld
Hertzfeld is co-author of Space Economics and has written numerous articles and monographs on topics such as the economics of launch vehicles, privatization and commercialization of the space shuttle, property rights and sovereignty on the Moon, commercial space and spacepower and the issues and use of economic indicators for the space industrial sector.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, and Policy; a curriculum grant for “The Human Settlement of Space” taught by Mohamed El-Genk, chemical and nuclear engineering; and Christopher Butler, political science; and the UNM World Affairs Delegation.
For more information, contact Butler at ckbutler@unm.edu or Andrew L. Ross, director, Center for Science, Technology, and Policy, at aross@unm.edu or 277-7391.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at January 28, 2008 10:02 AM